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Sponges require routine cleaning; This is done properly by aggressively and thoroughly sqeezing ALL of the juicy dish liquid out of the porous little sponger. This MUST be done after every sponging session or else your hole laden cleaning utensil will become a putrid pile of fermenting food encrusted counter clinging synthetic sodium sulphate. The practice of this technique is termed, SPONGE DISCIPLINE.
The following animation is an illustrated example of what may happen if you do not use sponge discipline on a regular basis...